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Eurasian Journal of Medicine and
            Oncology                                                               Anticoagulant therapy on parathyroid


            There was no significant difference in the number of lymph   Hemovac in the anticoagulation group was 4.17 ± 0.79 days,
            nodes dissected in the central area. On the 1   day, the   and the average daily diversion rate in the control group
                                                  st
            PTH level was 4.57 ± 3.08 pg/mL. In the control group,   was 4.06 ± 0.82 days. There was no significant difference
            the  PTH  level  was  4.59  ±  3.17  pg/mL.  There  was  no   (P = 0.28).
            significant difference between the two groups (P = 0.96).
            The average daily induced flow rate in the anticoagulant   3.3. Parathyroid gland recovery
            group was 23.90 ± 3.56 mL, and the average daily induced   The incidence of permanent hypoparathyroidism was
            flow rate in the control group was 24.13 ± 3.42. There was   0% in the anticoagulant group compared to 3.64% in
            no significant difference. The mean days of removal of   the control group. As shown in Table 3, the proportion
                                                               of patients in the anticoagulant group who returned to
            Table 1. Baseline characteristics                  normal levels on post-operative day 3 (P = 0.77) or day
                                                               5 (P = 0.46) was not significantly different. However, on
            Clinical characteristics  Anticoagulant   Control   P
                               group (n = 151)  group (n = 110)  post-operative  days  15,  30,  90,  and 180,  the  proportion
            Age (year)          48.15 ± 13.61  47.92 ± 14.23  0.90  of patients returning to normal levels was significantly
                                                               greater in the anticoagulant group than in the control
            Sex
                                                               group (P < 0.05).
             Men                    51          39     0.78
             Women                 100          71             3.4. Comparison of PTH indices at different post-
             Body surface area (m )  1.65 ± 0.15  1.64 ± 0.15  0.86  operative time points
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            Tumor size                                         After surgery, PTH levels varied significantly between the
             <1 cm                 119          86     0.90    two groups. Over time, both groups showed significant
             More than 1 cm         32          24             increases in PTH levels. However, the anticoagulant group
            Usage of color Doppler ultrasound a                exhibited significantly greater PTH levels compared to the
                                                               control group (P < 0.05), as shown in Table 4.
             Yes                    13          11     0.70
             No                    138          99             3.5. Comparison of serum calcium indices between
                                                               the two groups at different post-operative time
            Tumor type
             Papillary thyroid     151         110     1.00    points
             carcinoma                                         After surgery, the serum calcium indices varied significantly
             Other types of thyroid   0         0      1.00    between the two groups. Both groups demonstrated
             cancer                                            significant increases in serum calcium levels with increasing
            Tumor stage                                        post-operative time. However, the serum calcium
             Stage I               145         105     0.82    concentration in the anticoagulant group was significantly
             Stage II               6           5              greater than that in the control group (P < 0.05), as shown
            Microcarcinoma characteristics                     in Table 5.
             Unilateral microscopic   40        23     0.36    3.6. Comparison of treatment efficacy between the
             carcinoma combined                                two groups
             with BRAF V600E gene
             mutation                                          After the intervention, the efficacy of the two regimens
             Bilateral microcarcinoma  79       63     0.36    differed significantly, with the treatment effect significantly
            Notes:  To assess the presence of area VI lymph node enlargement.  better in the anticoagulant group than in the control group
                 a
            Abbreviation: BRAF: Serine/threonine-protein kinase B-raf.  (P < 0.05), as shown in Table 6 and Figure 1.
            Table 2. Surgical characteristics

            Surgical characteristics                   Anticoagulant      Control group       t           P
                                                      group (n = 151)       (n = 110)
            Number of lymph node dissection in the central area  3.76 ± 2.40  3.59 ± 2.20    0.585       0.559
            Daily flow rate (mL)                        23.90 ± 3.56       24.13 ± 3.42      −0.524      0.601
            Mean days of removal of Hemovac (day)       4.17 ± 0.79        4.06 ± 0.81       1.099       0.273
            PTH level (pg/mL)                           4.57 ± 3.08        4.59 ± 3.17       −0.051      0.959
            Abbreviation: PTH: Parathyroid hormone.

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